25 things to do this summer — boats, barbecue, the Bard and everything else
Can’t very well plan a lakeside barbecue in January, can you? Nevertheless, should you find yourself with a weekend free or a surprise Tuesday off, we here at the BDN again offer you a list of ... you like things with four wheels, two wheels or a set ...

100 Thoughts on Race, Gender, and Everything Else
This was sent in to us as a response to our week of race posts. It’s 100 unfiltered thoughts from a clearly, very, very disturbed human being. We kid. This comes from one of our most devoted readers, a man no more or less average than any one of us. It ...

Dare to Be 100: Everything, Everything Wears Out
My take on all of this is based on my devotion to the Second Law of Thermodynamics that roughly states everything in an open system goes inevitably to greater disorder due to heat loss and entropy. No exceptions allowed. Time has only one direction.

‘The Bible’ Trounces Perennial Sunday Ratings King ’60 Minutes’ (and Everything Else)
Here are some of the noteworthy numbers: 13.1 million watched the premiere episode of the miniseries (14.8 million total viewers in the two airings) 4.6 million adults (25-54) tuned in, beating everything ... s show managed only 5.08 million viewers.

Robots Will Do Everything You Do Now Only Better—What Then?
This is understandably a firebrand topic right now. If current unemployment marked the beginning of mass technological unemployment, you can be sure mass social unrest would be quick to follow. But we can’t prove it’s structural yet. Unemployment is a ...

Woman’s Amazing Break-Up Letter Goes Mega-Viral: ‘Everything Else…Is At Kelsi’s House!’
One woman’s very polite yet still scathing break-up letter is spreading across the Internet like wildfire and making men everywhere think twice before even thinking about cheating. The letter, posted on Reddit Friday, has since gone viral and had been ...